[SOLVED] new ubuntu install,can't download ANYTHING directorty signature not found

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new ubuntu install,can't download ANYTHING directorty signature not found

after fresh Install,(ubuntu 10.04),I can't download anything!I get error massage-Archive: /home/scheri/Downloads/va31.exe
[/home/scheri/Downloads/va31.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/scheri/Downloads/va31.exe or
/home/scheri/Downloads/va31.exe.zip, and cannot find /home/scheri/Downloads/va31.exe.ZIP, period.
This my 2nd lucid linux hdd install,I didn't have this before.Can't download .zip files or any app. I've tried.Can anyone help?last attempt was trying to get DAP(video accellerator),it goes thru the download, but stops at archive,and get the mentioned error.Thanks for any help

mf93, Thanks for checking back on the thread.I ran a download to get repositories,can u see what u think? Could not download all repository indexes.Also,

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I never had any of these notices or problems on my 1st hdd install.Thanks for your thougts.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
scheri@scheri-laptop:~$ nize
Again it mentions FAILED to fetch......also apt and apt get are not recognized,Im missing something.

@mf93: I don't know what you are doing to try here. Zipinfo is part of the unzip package, which a simple apt-file search zipinfo had shown to you. No need to fiddle with sources.list or apt-cdrom.

@hydropass: It is like mf93 stated in his first post: You can't run Windows-Software in Ubuntu. Don't bother with his other suggestions, there is no issue with your installation. You just have to put your sources.list in the original state, as it was before mf93's suggestions. Maybe you can copy it from a live-CD running your Ubuntu-Version.